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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1961
Page
3
Santa Claus and King Ferdinand visit Polydora aboard the Ipswitch a giant shoe on a rocky island. Tiny Scaraboo pirates reveal they haunted Polydora to scare the king for a bet. Santa unmasks the ruse and learns the minuscule culprits hoped to claim the throne.
Edwards Air Force Base California April report says the third X15 rocket plane flown by Neil A Armstrong reached 2454 miles per hour and 80000 feet in a maiden flight testing automatic control systems for space flight. The two earlier X15s hold world records for speed and altitude. The test replaced manual controls with a computer like device to correct deviations faster than a pilot can react. Armstrong expressed satisfaction with the performance.
John H. Mitchell, 53, a retired vice president of American Broadcasting Co., died Tuesday of pneumonia. In Florida, William W. Lowe, 74, a former director of Cities Service Co., died Tuesday after a brief illness.
Two Democrats backed by the state organization win Virginia Senate seats. William V. Rawlings and John Alexander I secure district wins to replace governor-elect Harrison appointees. Rawlings leads the 5th District with 4 641 votes to 2 770, while Alexander edges Republican Jack L. Middleton 2 600 to 2 162 in the 27th District with strong showings in Fauquier Loudoun and Culpeper. A separate Lunenburg County vote rejects a 1 200 000 bond for two consolidated high schools.
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Pentagon sources say U S helicopter crews in South Viet Nam will shoot back if fired upon. Forty helicopters and 400 men have been sent to haul supplies and Vietnamese troops into isolated areas for combat with Viet Cong rebels.
A Dixie Motel guest in Kennett Missouri spent the night loading his car with items from his room. He removed two sheets two pillow cases a mattress a mattress pad a desk a lamp a thermostat a water closet ball a 17 inch television set and stand a shower head wall plates drapes drapery rods an extension cord and more.
James W. Armstrong, noted educator, author, and speaker born in Centralia, died Tuesday in Henderson after a heart ailment. He was 4.
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